By Feisty49
Two days before leaving on a trip to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving 2 weeks ago, we bought this TomTom model. I love tech gadgets so even before we left the parking lot of the mall, I had it out of the box and working. It is that easy. Connection with satellites was immediate and with a few exceptions, continued to be so for our entire trip. The max amount of time it ever took to connect with satellites, and this was on an overcast, snowy morning as we pulled out of the motel parking lot, was 2 minutes. The computer voice (the only voice that gives text-to-speech instructions) was clear and loud. The volume is easy to adjust, and I like the feature connecting the volume of the TT to the speed of the car, increasing it as the car goes faster and vice versa.
We found it accurate in setting the routes to our destinations. It’s important to choose the type of route desired, in particular fastest or shortest, and be aware that choosing the shortest route often means going down roads that are not the best or are out of the way. We discovered this quirk on the first leg of our trip, right out of our driveway. We were directed to the interstate we wanted to travel via roads that would have taken a lot longer. Changing the request to fastest route remedied the problem..
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By Faye M. Green
I enjoy having TomTomXL 330S. this GPS never fails in giving acurate directions, it is awesome to upload map corrections from other people and subscribe to the traffic/weather and gas service. it is very handy to have. i like the voices you can choose from, but they are soft even if the volume is up to the max, so, i stay with the default voice which is loud even if it is on medium volume and can talk over road/highway noise. this is an improvement from TomTomXLs. the 4.3″ widescreen is a plus., it is easy to type in your directions and address, also i like the voice that tells me the name of the road to turn on and the streat names and gives me an alternative exit if i missed the turn off. this is all comunicated with our friendly neighborhood satalite system. your GPS is a good tracking devise, too.
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By Michael Dahlin
After reading an early favorable review of the TomTom 130s, I was confident that the XL 330s would be just what I was looking for. But after a weeks’ use, however, I am a little disappointed.
First, the plusses: it is pretty easy to use, easy to update using the TomTom software, and the new style of mount works very well. The screen looks good, and it’s pretty easy to learn the touch screen navigation. Also, it permits you to build itineraries with multiple destination points, which some of the more entry level models will not do.
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By Thomas L. House
This product is extremely easy to use - I only found one or two of the very extensive options to be a little unintuitive, but after less than a couple hours of poking around the features you really get a glimpse of the depth of the product. It may not have a few of the features that the $400+ models carry, but for my needs it far meets and exceeds. I was a little disappointed when it wouldn’t find a numbered address on a highway ( such as when a smaller state highway runs through a city street ), but the database of points of interest had my destination on file.
I was somewhat concerned about the voice volume issue that I’d read about in a few of these reviews ( after already having put my purchase order in ), but I’d have to say any units with poor volume have to be from a bad batch - even at the default 70% volume it was clearly audible with music playing and a window open at highway speeds. At max volume you really can’t miss it unless you have difficulty hearing in general, though I found a few of the default voices were softer than others. Since it seems possible to create your own voice sets, and some voice sets are louder than others, I would assume one could edit a copy of the default voice and increase the gain / volume and reinstall, but there are a number of built in voices that are wholly satisfactory in the volume department.
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